Vocab Words
Excitingly Strange is the meaning of which of the following words:
1) Exotic
2) Reiterate
3) Evanesce
4) Imminent
Exotic
We can infer that the narrator does all he can to _____ Doodle.
1) Protect
2) Harm
3) Change
4) Avoid
Change
''Summer was dead and Autumn had not yet been born'' is an example of:
1) Hyperbole
2) Metaphor
3) Personification
4) Alliteration
Personification
Why did Doodle get his nickname?
1) William Armstrong didn't fit his personality
2) He crawled back wards like a Doodle bug
3) Neither are correct
4) Both are correct
Both are correct
Who buried the Scarlet Ibis?
1) The Mom
2) The Dad
3) Doodle
4) The Brother
Doodle
The hurricane is imminent and has homeowners rushing to board up their windows. The part of speech of the word imminent here is :
1) Verb
2) Adjective
3) Adverb
4) Noun
Adjective
Throughout the story, we can infer that the narrator is:
1) Egotistic
2) Altruistic
3) Honest
4) Brave
Egotistic
The name ''William Armstrong'' in the beginning of the story is an example of:
1) Foreshadowing
2) Symbolism
3) Irony
4) Allusion
Irony
Why was the brother in disappointment and sorrow when Doodle was born?
1) Doodle was ugly
2) Doodle wasn't like every other kid
3) Doodle was fat
4) He was jealous Doodle was going to get all the attention and his parents will start ignoring him.
Doodle wasn't like every other kid
Who said ''I lay there sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the Heresy of the rain''?
1) Aunt Nicey
2) The Brother
3) The Mom
4) Doodle
The Brother
What does infallibility mean:
1) Inability to fail
2) untrustworthy
3) tricky
4) focus
Inability to fail
It was mentioned in the story that the Scarlet Ibis was during 1918, from that we can infer that the story took place during what major event?
1) Vietnam War
2) Korean War
3) World War I
4) World War II
World War I
The relation between the Scarlet Ibis and Doodle is:
1) Symbolism
2) Alliteration
3) Irony
4) Hyperbole
Symbolism
Why did the brother cry and go outside yelling ''He is all there!''?
1) Because Doodle stood up
2) Because Doodle smiled
3) Because Doodle threw a ball
4) Because Doodle spoke
Because Doodle smiled
Who said that if the boys produced anything less tremendous than the Resurrection, he/she was going to be disappointed?
1) Mom
2) Dad
3) Aunt Nicey
4) Brother
Aunt Nicey
The word persistence is a synonym for which of the following words:
1) Doggedness
2) Infallibility
3) Precariously
4) Heresy
Doggedness
From the context of the story, we can infer that the story is told in which POV?
1) Third person (Limited)
2) Third person (Omniscient)
3) First Person (Reliable)
4) First Person (Unreliable)
First Person (Unreliable)
Doodle collapses "on to the grass like a half-empty flour sack." is an example of:
1) personification
2) Metaphor
3) Simile
4) Alliteration
Simile
Why did the brother cry when Doodle gave him all the credit for teaching him how to walk?
1) Because he was so happy
2) Because he felt very guilty for getting credit for something he did out of embarrassment
3) He was shy
4) He got hurt
Because he felt very guilt for getting credit for something he did out of embarrassment
Who said ''I began to believe in my own infallibility''?
1) Brother
2) Mother
3) Father
4) Doodle
Brother
The teacher kept repeating the lesson to kids who don't understand. The word repeating can be replaced with which of the following words:
1) Evanescing
2) Mischanneling
3) Reiterating
4) Heresy
Reiterating
We can infer from Aunt Nicey's remarks that she is:
1) Pessimistic
2) Religious
3) Both 1 & 2
4) Egotistic
Religious
The brothers' laughter rang "through the swamp like a bell." is an example of:
1) Simile
2) Metaphor
3) Personification
4) Allusion
Simile
Why is pride a ''wonderful, terrible thing'' according to the narrator?
1) Because it made him want more from Doodle after he taught him how to walk, which is against his nature
2) Because it made his family fight
3) Because it made Aunt Nicey say mean things
4) Because it made him ask for a lot of money
Because it made him want more from Doodle after he taught him how to walk, which is against his nature
Who said ''Dead birds is bad luck''?
1) Doodle
2) Mom
3) Aunt Nicey
4) Brother
Aunt Nicey